Speaking of Ome, it is estimated that everyone can immediately think of allusions such as "Lang rides a bamboo horse around Ome", "Ome boils wine on heroes", "Hope plum quenches thirst" and so on.
Yes, that's right, today is going to talk about this green plum.
Where did Ome come from?
Although everyone is familiar with ome, if I ask you what kind of plant it is, I think many people will not be able to answer.
greengage
In fact, the "green plum" we usually eat refers to the fruit of the rose family plant plum, yes, it is the kind of plum blossom you know. Plum is a traditional famous flower and fruit in China, which is divided into two categories: fruit plum and flower plum.
Looking at the name, you can guess that the fruit plum is a delicious variety of fruit, and the flower plum is a flower that looks good. Of course, the flower plum will also bear fruit, and the fruit plum can also flower. Sometimes you will occasionally see some small and sparse white plum blossoms, which are mostly fruit plums. The green plums we usually eat are generally the fruits of fruit plums. Because the plum is too sour, generally no one directly picks it to eat, it is sold after the manufacturer processes it, but there is a kind of yellow plum that can be bought in major supermarkets.
In fact, green plum and yellow plum are both fruits of plums, which basically refers to the different ripening times of plums. The peak harvesting season for green plums is around May, and the yellow plums do not ripen until June to July, which is the "yellow plum day" period when jiangnan is rainy and rainy.
Yellow plum
A misunderstanding led to a ome wine
There is also a figure of Qingmei in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
It is said that after Cao Cao killed Lü Bu, he could not live forever, causing Liu Bei to fidget every day. Later, Cao Cao invited Liu Bei to drink, and there was an allusion to the well-known "Hero of Qingmei Boiled Wine". Later generations of literati Haojie also followed their example and cooked wine with green plums. Until now, when cooking rice wine in many areas in the south, some green plums and ginger slices will be put into it.
However, people don't drink that much!
Ome Boiled Wine On Heroes Image Source: TV Series "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
The original text said: "Plate green plums, a bottle of boiled wine." The two sat facing each other and drank freely. "Looking at it this way, you can understand that a bottle of "boiled wine" and a plate of "green plums", so green plums are appetizers. However, the later generations added plum boiled rice wine, which was sweet and sour and tasted good, so this can also be regarded as a delicacy brought by misunderstanding.
Fresh and flavorful big treasurer
In the absence of a variety of old vinegar, ome was used to make condiments to add sourness, which left the biggest memory of sourness for people at that time.
Until now, plums are still rarely used as a main ingredient for cooking and cooking, but there are more and more ways to eat them. For example, fresh green plums can be squeezed with sugar to drink, and can also be made into jams, and southern friends eat plum powder that many fruits love to dip.
Plum powder familiar to the people of the south
There is also a familiar method of processing plums is pickling.
Speaking of this way of eating, everyone should be more familiar with it, after all, everyone has a plum in their pockets. When friends in the south ate plums when they were young, many of them were made of green plums, but friends in the north, what you eat is basically all apricots. In addition to buying plums that are baked outside, you can also try pickled fresh plums at home.
Coarse salt through the green plum, rinse with water, put in a jar, a layer of green plum sandwich a layer of green plum filled, put in a cool place for 3 months, you can open and eat. The pickled plums are sweet and delicious, and you can drink them in water.
In addition, ome is also a weapon for brewing wine!
Plum is full of moisture, heavy taste, using it to brew wine can not only increase the sweet and sour taste, but also effectively reduce the degree of liquor, not much love to drink friends are also easy to accept it.
Ome sake
Today, I teach you to make rice wine and brew green plums, which is also a different flavor.
Rice wine brews green plums
raw material:
Plums, rice wine, rock sugar
steps:
1. Wash the plums and set aside
2. After adding some water to the rice wine, bring rock sugar and plums to a boil
3. Turn off the heat and let cool, refrigerate
Written by | Letters float and sink
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